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Update news Vietnamese Traditional Crafts
Leaving behind an office job with a salary of VND10 million per month, Ngo Thu Huyen returned to Bac Ninh to carry on her family's trade, seeking a new path for a traditional do (poonah) paper-making craft spanning nearly 200 years.
When asked by her mother, a woman in HCMC decided to give up her childhood dream job to return to her hometown and preserve her family's traditional craft.
Once a cherished part of Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in northern Vietnam, traditional clay figurines are becoming increasingly rare. Fearing the craft could disappear, Phung Dinh Dat has returned home to learn it from his grandfather.